Book Review: Search for Place in Mystic Masseur – By Dr Emanuel Finn – Caribbean News Now

V.S.. Naipaul

Trinidadian born and London based Nobel laureate, Sir V.S. Naipaul wrote his first novel, theMystic Masseur, in 1957. The central theme of the novel deals with the disenchantment, displacement, mental damaging effects and dynamics of the postcolonial Trinidad and the Caribbean half-made societies.

This masterpiece novel demonstrates how demoralizing the effects of slavery, indentured servitude, and colonial exploitation continue to have long lasting repercussions on generations of West Indians.Continue reading →

To a large extent, law enforcement and the judiciary are to be blamed for the high levels of corruption in Guyana and the wider Caribbean. This is so because it will only take a few good examples to be made out of corrupt officials to send a message that the crime would not be tolerated.

That is the view held by a few international experts, particularly United Kingdom’s Dr. Perry Stanislas and Christopher Camponovo of Halcyon Law Group. This view was aired during the recent symposium that examined the relationship between corruption and oil. Continue reading →

So many asylum seekers are pouring over the Canadian border from the United States that authorities opened Montreal’s Olympic stadium—a 56,000-seat arena and one of the city’s most famous landmarks—as a temporary welcome center.

If Mexican isn’t a race, then what race are they? Today, we’re going to be discussing the racial makeup of Hispanics and Latinos in Latin America and the United States, and the history of the region. The situation of race and ethnicity in Latin America is extremely confusing for both outside observers as well as for those who actually live there, and I’m going to attempt to shed some light on the situation, which I can largely relate to. I’ve been studying the region for a long time, and although I’m not an expert, I do know a bit about the subject through speaking to my many Hispanic friends, and reading about the subject.